----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valdis Kletnieks" <[email protected]>
> On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:16:48 -0000, [email protected] > said: > > > > is there a clear understanding of "the edge" in the network operations > > community? in a simpler world, it was not that difficult, but interconnect > > has blossomed and grown all sorts of noodly appendages/extentions. I > > fear that edge does not mean what you think it means anymore. > > For 5 9's worth of eyeball networks hanging off consumer-grade ADSL and cable > connections, it's still the edge and still trivially filterable. If that's a > problem, the ISP can upsell a business-class connection that doesn't > filter. ;) C'mon guys: the edge is where people who *source and sink* packets connect to people who *move* packets. There may be some edges *inside* carriers, but there is certainly an edge where carriers hook up customers. And no, this should apply to business-grade connections as much as resi. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274
